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Surname
POWELL
Forename
Seth
Day
09
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
36
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Marine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cwm
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
He was working in Klondyke endless rope incline, Old Coal Seam, as a journey of 16 empty trams was being let down to he filled. It was attached to the rope at both ends by short chains. The chain on the upper side becoming detached allowed the trams to run down until they over-ran the chain at the lower side and were checked by it. The two first trams were thus thrown across the rails and crushed him against the side.